Yes Minister
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1980 - 1984
- 22 episodes (3 series)
Political satire in which well-meaning MP Jim Hacker has a fast introduction to the world of Whitehall and must then struggle against the Civil Service. Stars Paul Eddington, Nigel Hawthorne, Derek Fowlds, Diana Hoddinott and Neil Fitzwiliam
- Special repeated Tuesday at 9:40pm on BBC4
Streaming rank this week: 442
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 7 - The Middle-Class Rip-Off
A constituency matter concerning an expensive and unused art gallery and a near-bankrupt football club threatens to gouge a deep divide between Hacker and Sir Humphrey. Should art and culture for the middle classes be subsidised?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 23rd December 1982
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Paul Eddington | James Hacker |
| Nigel Hawthorne | Sir Humphrey Appleby |
| Derek Fowlds | Bernard Woolley |
| John Nettleton | Sir Arnold Robinson (Cabinet Secretary) |
| John Barron | Sir Ian Whitworth |
| Patrick O'Connell | Brian Wilkinson (Local Councillor) |
| Derek Benfield | Aston Wanderers Chairman |
| Joanna Henderson | Curator |
| Antony Jay | Writer |
| Jonathan Lynn | Writer |
| Peter Whitmore | Director |
| Peter Whitmore | Producer |
| John Dunstan | Editor |
| Chris Booth | Editor |
| Gary Pritchard | Production Designer |
| Ronnie Hazlehurst | Composer |
Press
The Henderson Report
I want to look at the Radio Times capsule for the episode [the final episode of Series 3 of Yes Minister]. Which features something rather unusual. Take a look at those names. Eddington, Hawthorne, Fowlds: check. But what about Joanna Henderson, playing the Curator? She's not in the episode at all. Nor is she in the end credits. What gives?
Dirty Feed, 8th October 2023